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Bullied?

Bullying is repeated verbal, physical, social or psychological aggressive behaviour by a person or group directed towards a less powerful person or group that is intended to cause harm, distress or fear. This page is specifically about bullying in Amateur Radio.

F-troop does not condone bullies and if you've been subjected to any such behaviour on-, or off-air, please come to the 'net and talk about it.

Here is the list of standings for the special event. You can easily see there are folks much more dedicated (fanatical) than I am. I still need KL7 (Alaska), South America, and Africa for a full sweep of continents, but I have all 10 call areas on 40 & 80 meters. Hawaii is the best “catch” for me with the state logged 80-15 meters, including WARC bands.

During the net this week we started discussing some of the less welcoming aspects of our hobby, the people who complain, tell new amateurs off, berate mistakes, etc. etc. This topic is large and we only scratched the surface of it.

During the week I wrote an article about it as a preparation for a future episode of "Foundations of Amateur Radio", inviting comment on reddit: